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At first, everything appeared to go as planned, with footage showing the spacecraft gliding through the blackness of space and reaching anIts return journey, however, appears to have been a lot more harrowing, seemingly making a hard impact on the surface of the ocean., before the spacecraft had a chance to light its engines to make a soft landing, not unlike the company's other reusable Falcon 9 rocket.
Despite the loss of the vehicle, today's launch attempt is still a notable step forward for the company's launch system, especially compared to its past two attempts.The 165-foot spacecraft and its Super Heavy booster roared to life earlier this morning from the company's launch site in South Texas.shows the stainless steel-clad monstrosity heating up as it re-entered the Earth's atmosphere.
But the company still has a lot of kinks to work out. Softly landing a 5,000 ton spacecraft on an ocean platform requires an immense amount of coordination.
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